YEAR 10 HEALTH SEMESTER 1 ASSESSMENT TASK – SPORTS SCIENCE MODULE
PART A:
Year 10 Sports Science Assessment Task Part A: Writing Task Strategy Lesson (Not assessed)
Your HPE teacher will deliver writing task strategies which will explicitly support your ability to complete the assessable task which is part B. This lesson will target the following:
Reading through the material
Highlighting the major ideas
What different points of view are presented in the stimulus
What information is the stimulus providing
Decide: What is the issue being raised by the stimulus
What questions does the stimulus raise?
How do I see the issue, do I have a view?
What evidence can I offer in order to build an argument?
Begin brainstorming and noting down what you know and have read about the topic.
PART B:
Year 10 Sports Science Assessment Task Part B: Length 500 to 600 words
You have been tasked by the Australian Sports Commission to prepare a report to be delivered to a group of high school students looking to become sports journalists when they leave school. These students will, as part of their degree, complete a semester of work in their first year titled “Sociology of Sport”. Your report is designed to educate them on current sport related issues.
Choose one of the following topics (see descriptions and questions with resource links in LibGuide below)
The Australian Sporting Identity
Money and Sport
Transgender athletes
Women and Sport
Racism and Sport
Essential Criteria for Part B:
Throughout your Part B response you should show:
a well-structured introductory paragraph that outlines the direction of your response
a concluding paragraph/statement that accurately wraps up your argument
reasoning or detail as required by the question (eg. Question 5 – three recent case studies)
logical and relevant argument
evidence that your work has been proofread
correct spelling, punctuation and grammar
The recent global pandemic changed the face of sport in Australia and around the world. What have you learned about the place of sport in Australian society and its role in shaping an Australian identity through the time of the pandemic?
In the first episode of 'Our Sporting Nation,' John Clarke, arguably Australia's greatest natural athlete, looks at how Australia came to take its sport so seriously and what it means to be a sporting nation. All 3 episodes of the series are available on Clickview/ St Clare's Library/ Year 10 Health and PE folder
Since 2004, transgender athletes have been allowed to compete at the Olympics, however, no one has done so until the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games. Do you think transgender female athletes have an unfair advantage? Justify your response with relevant case studies.
In December 2020 six-time NBA All-Star forward Paul George signed a maximum contract extension with the LA Clippers that guarantees him as much as $US 226 million for the next five seasons. With this in mind discuss the following. a) Is this sort of money appropriate in today’s world? Why/why not? b) Do pay cheques this size influence the credibility of sport? What responsibilities does this place on the athlete?
Over the last few years the prominence of women’s sport in Australia has increased significantly. Do Australian sportswomen currently get the recognition and financial rewards that they deserve in this country? Justify your response with at least three reasons or relevant case studies.
Does racism exist in sport? Is this a reflection of society in general? Discuss, justifying your response with at least three recent case studies to support your answer.
In this SBS special, Adnyamathanha man Adam Goodes joins Stan Grant in the Awaken studio to talk about his successful career, being named as Australian of the Year and racism in sport.